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May 10, 2021 JOLIET – Governor JB Pritzker announced that the Lion Electric Company, a Canadian manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, will build the company’s first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility and the largest plant of its kind in the country. A minimum of $70 million will be invested to build a new facility dedicated to producing electric vehicles in the U.S. The facility is expected to come online in the second half of 2022, setting into motion annual production capacity of 20,000 zero-emission vehicles a year, and creating at least 745 jobs. The new 900,0...

Canada based manufacturer opening plant in Illinois, adding at least 745 jobs Unmute JOLIET, Ill. (WREX) — Canada's Lion Electric Company is opening its first plant in the U.S. and chose Illinois as the location! Governor JB Pritzker's office announced the deal on Friday. Lion Electric Company manufactures all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles. A minimum of $70 million will be invested to build a new facility dedicated to producing medium and heavy-duty electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S. The facility is expected to come online in the second half of ...

Electric vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric Company to build first-ever US plant in Joliet ABC 7 Chicago Digital Team Electric vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric Company to build first-ever US plant in Joliet Replay Video UP NEXT A Canadian company that makes electric vehicles is building a plant in Illinois and will be bringing more than 800 jobs to the state. Fully Electric buses are the future and the future is rolling cleanly and quietly in to Illinois. The news will be a huge economic boost for the Joliet area where the manufacturing plant is already under construction, ...

School buses and mail/package delivery vehicles would seem to be the “lowest hanging fruit” on the tree for EV adoption (fixed routes, fleet charging during off hours, etc.). And Illinois is well positioned to be a tough competitor in both markets with Rivian and now Lion in the state. Well played, JB. - Socially DIstant Watcher - Friday, May 7, 21 @ 10:28 am: It’s a shame no one’s hitting the klaxon about what a terrible state Illinois is and is going to be. Or, maybe these companies knew the forecasts and decided to locate here anyway? Maybe the death spiral nonsense is overblown?

Share this article Share this article Joliet, Illinois Facility Planned to Begin Production in Second Half of 2022 with Annual Capacity of up to 20,000 Zero-Emission Vehicles MONTREAL, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, today announced that it has selected Joliet, Ill., for the construction of its U.S. manufacturing facility. The new facility will represent the largest dedicated production site for zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles in the ...